In the first of three song recitals given at St. Anne’s, Soprano Milly Forrest performs Schumann’s seminal song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben. Accompanied by Melina Karagianni, she will also present a selection of English songs by Vaughan Williams and Quilter.
Category: Music
PIANO SERIES No. 2
July 9 Miguel Sousa has performed extensively throughout Europe and America. This concert is part of the European Tour 2017, where Miguel is performing in more than 10 countries with the programme Musical Images. A whole spectrum of works by Schumann, Bartok, Ravel, Mendelssohn, and Prokofiev will demonstrate music’s unique ability to depict vivid pictures.
Mendelssohn’s Elijah – 15th July
Richmond Choral Society and friends will be performing Mendelssohn’s wonderful dramatic oratorio Elijah on Saturday July 15th at 7.30 pm. With a strong cast of professional soloists and exciting choruses, tickets are a steal at £10 on the door (or in advance from Richmond Choral Society members or from Rebecca Phelps in St Anne’s Church...
Festival and Farewell on 23rd July
St Anne’s Patronal Festival and farewell to Director of Music, Chad Kelly – Sunday, 23rd July. The celebration will begin with our Sung Eucharist at 10.00 am, which will be followed by music and a congregation wide festivities from 11.30 am in the church and on Kew Green. There will be cake and wine with...
HANDEL’S ZEPHYRS
July 2 Handel’s wind music contains some of the gems of 18th-Century chamber music. Virtuoso baroque specialists Leo Duarte and Laszlo Rozsa perform a selection of Handel’s oboe and recorder sonatas, with accompaniment by Chad Kelly on the harpsichord.
A MUSICAL AVIARY
June 25 Charlotte Ashley (Monteverdi Choir), Oliver-John Ruthven (Hampstead Garden Opera) and Davina Clarke (English Baroque Soloists), present a programme of Baroque music inspired by birdsong and nature, including a selection of Handel’s sublime 9 German Arias.
THE ROMANTIC PIANO TRIO
June 18 Violinist Kinga Ujszászi, Cellist Gavin Kibble and Pianist Chad Kelly juxtapose Schumann’s great Piano Trio in G minor Op. 110 with the world-pre- mière of a piano trio movement inspired by the same work.
BACH’S VIOLIN SONATAS
June 4 Davina Clarke of the English Baroque Soloists performs Bach’s Violin Sonata in C minor BWV 1017 alongside harpsichordist Chad Kelly, who performs Bach’s English Suite in G minor BWV 808.
PIANO SERIES No. 1 – May 28
Described in The Telegraph as “remarkable”, pianist Gamal Khamis returns to St. Anne’s to give a recital centred around Brahms’ 6 Klavierstücke. Also featured in this programme is Chopin’s great Ballade No. 4. (www.gamalkhamis.com)
Cantanti Camerati – Saturday 17th June
At 7.30pm. In a new departure local choir Cantanti Camerati are delighted to present Britten’s St. Nicolas with tenor William Branston in the title role and a choir of children from St. Richard Reynolds Catholic College (Director : Caroline Firman) and associated schools of St Edmunds, St Osmunds, St Elizabeth’s and Sacred Heart. This colourful...